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Deer Bot Fly (Cephenemyia sp.) - Cephenemyia - male
Copyright © 2009 Philip Kline

Deer Bot Fly (Cephenemyia sp.) - Cephenemyia - Male
Pusch Peak, Santa Catalina Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
March 18, 2009
Several of these were hilltopping. Three of four were jockeying for position on the uppermost branches of an Arizona Rosewood that was closest to the summit. They ignored other similar rosewoods that were just a little further downslope. Jeff Boettner, Entomology Professor at UMass believes they are probably C. apicata.

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Contributed by Philip Kline on 23 March, 2009 - 11:34pm
Last updated 24 March, 2009 - 2:23pm

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